The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has alleged that security operatives killed 48 persons during yesterday’s rally to mark the declaration of the Republic of Biafra. It however expressed its determination towards the struggle for the actualisation of the sovereign state of Biafra, despite the several killing of those sympathetic to the struggle.
In a statement signed by its spokespersons, Emma Mmezu and Clifford Iroanya, the group vowed to go back to drawing board to reconsider its continuation of the non-violent struggle as it accused security agents of deliberately shooting at agitators who were celebrating the 50th year of the Biafra struggle.
The statement reads, “Beginning at 1.30am Monday 30th May, Brutal repression, was ordered on unarmed youths at St Edmund’s Church Compound, Nkpor, Anambra State, 23 were gunned down before dawn.
“Onitsha bridge was blocked by the same military goons, to stop our people from Delta and beyond from linking up with the crowd in Anambra. 16 were gunned down there. All around Onitsha and environs, brutal crackdown ensued all over the town, before noon, another 9 souls were destroyed.
“Totaling 48 lives in all, over a hundred, injured some with live threatening gunshot wounds and hundreds captured and driven away.
Accusing leaders of the South East of endorsing the massacre of those who have chosen to reckon with the Biafra struggle, IPOB said, “The conspiracy with political leaders to secretly endorse this mindless bloodletting by keeping quiet, cannot succeed in burying the truth.
“The truth is like seeds; it germinates when buried and grows into thick indestructible foliage.
“The blood of our brothers murdered in Onitsha and elsewhere on Monday will only germinate to a thick irrepressible forest of truth, valour and freedom.
“Those who are scared that the crumbling edifice of 36 unviable states, created by oppressive military cabals from one section of Nigeria, cannot survive displayed their fears that this house has fallen, to all, by their brutal killing of
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